Instructions for Authors
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica accepts papers of moderate length. Longer manuscripts should be directed to the monographic series PALAEONTOLOGIA POLONICA.
Once you have prepared your manuscript according to the instructions below, please visit the online submission system. You will be treated as a corresponding author. Please prepare the following documents before clicking on the 'register' button:
cover letter
text file of your manuscript (Word format document),
figures and tables (as separate files)
if applicable, you may also include a document with Supplementary Online Material.
By using this service you will guarantee fast and safe submission of your manuscript, and speed the assessment process. If you have any questions regarding the submission you can contact the APP Technical Editor at tech_editor@twarda.pan.pl or click Feedback sign at the bottom of the page.
1. General submission requirements
Articles consist of a title, abstract, keywords, authors’ mail and e-mail addresses, introduction, main text, conclusions, acknowledgements, and references.
Brief reports (2000-3000 words, ca. 12 double-spaced pages including illustrations). Brief reports consist of a title, bold first paragraph of the introduction that provides the rationale for the work and summarises the main results, main text, acknowledgements, and references, authors’ mail and e-mail addresses.
Comments, Discussions (1000-1500 words, ca. 6 double-spaced pages), Paper/Book reviews, Prefaces (500-1500 words, ca. 3 double-spaced pages).
For more information on the organisation of these types of submissions, please see examples in recent APP issues.
Editors' choice. This section is envisaged as a selection of papers of wide topical interest significantly increasing the knowledge of the fossil record and/or evolutionary processes . It will typically contain 2-4 papers (c. 15% of the volume) per issue which will be fast-tracked after acceptance for the speediest possible publication.
All submissions are subject of screening against plagiarism. For details see http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck/index.html
Financial information. There are no charges for submission of an article. There are no obligatory page charges for papers up to 10 printed pages (approximately 30 double-spaced manuscript pages, 12 points Times New Roman font; assuming no illustrations), although any financial support for publication is welcome. For longer papers, a page charge of EUR 22 (VAT included) will be requested for each page over the 10 free pages. It is the policy of APP for authors to pay the full cost for reproduction of colour artwork at a rate of EUR 44 (VAT included) per figure (up to full page size). Authors may opt to publish colour figures online and black and white in print free of charge. Please note, however, that the grayscale version cannot impair understanding of the figures in the print version of our journal.
We are inclined to provide exceptions for authors of papers of extreme scientific value if they are lacking financial support. Appeal for a cost reduction may be made to the Editor in Chief.
Joint Data Archiving Policy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica requires, as a condition for publication, that all of the data underlying or supporting the results in the paper should either be made available as Supplementary Online Material (see section 5), or be archived in an appropriate public archive, such as Dryad (http://www.datadryad.org/), MorphoBank (www.morphobank.org) or GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/). Data are important products of the scientific enterprise, and they should be preserved and usable for decades in the future. Authors may elect to have the data publicly available at time of online publication, or, if the technology of the archive allows, may opt to embargo access to the data for a period up to a year after publication. Exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the editor, especially for sensitive information such as human subject data or the location of endangered species.
Editorial announcement. Following the recommendation of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology we decided that until the human rights situation in Myanmar is resolved, we will not publish papers on Burmese amber collected from 2017 onwards. Authors who wish to publish on Burmese amber specimens are expected to supply the APP editors with adequate proof to satisfy any and all editorial concerns regarding the provenance of the specimens, in the form of certification or other demonstrable evidence, that they were acquired before the date both legally and ethically. Any manuscript submitted that fails to meet these criteria will, at the discretion of the editors, not receive further consideration by APP. This decision is effective from April 23rd, 2020. Earlier submissions are proceeded on regular basis.
2. Cover letter
The cover letter should be no longer than one side of A4 (max words count 300), and it should provide the background for the problem or question your research answers. The focus of the first paragraph is to explain why your research was needed and clearly state the question your research answers.
The corresponding author must give written assurance that neither the submitted material nor portions thereof have been published previously or are under consideration for publication elsewhere. Any closely related material currently in press should be submitted with the manuscript.
It is assumed that the corresponding author represents all co-authors in certifying that all listed authors participated meaningfully in the study and that they have seen and approved the final manuscript.
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